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    A Brief, Personal History of Sound Healing [Medium]
    Charmaine Lang
    • Jul 5, 2020

    A Brief, Personal History of Sound Healing [Medium]

    Returning home from the retreat, with my learned practice of “seeing things as they are,” I began noticing my breath and my ability to...
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    To the White LGBTQ Community: Your (Racist) Slip Is Showing [Colorlines]
    Charmaine Lang
    • Jun 29, 2020

    To the White LGBTQ Community: Your (Racist) Slip Is Showing [Colorlines]

    Claiming “inclusivity” without being anti-racist doesn’t prevent feelings of exclusion. As a queer Black woman, I don’t want to spend my...
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    The Joy of Being: Notes on the Academy From a Black Woman [The Faculty]
    Charmaine Lang
    • Jun 12, 2020

    The Joy of Being: Notes on the Academy From a Black Woman [The Faculty]

    I yearn for care that brings joy and pleasure, and pleasure that also brings about care and joy, because they are necessary for healing....
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    Journey to Me: How I Came Out to Myself and Embraced All of Me [For Harriet]
    Charmaine Lang
    • Jun 8, 2020

    Journey to Me: How I Came Out to Myself and Embraced All of Me [For Harriet]

    I was considered the good daughter. The one who did everything she was supposed to do. So, I paraded around as a heterosexual Black woman...
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    Why DIY Scrubs are a Project Worth Your Time [Medium]
    Charmaine Lang
    • Jun 4, 2020

    Why DIY Scrubs are a Project Worth Your Time [Medium]

    Mental Health Awareness Month, celebrated in May since 1949, has ended, but that doesn’t mean your self-care and wellness should. With...
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    25 Self-Care Ideas (because joy and care are our birthrights) [Medium]
    Charmaine Lang
    • May 31, 2020

    25 Self-Care Ideas (because joy and care are our birthrights) [Medium]

    Take three deep breaths. Inhale. Exhale. Repeat. Stay hydrated. Take a nap. Take a bath. Write a poem. Read full list on Medium.
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    Mamahood & Community Healing: A Q&A with Ruth Jeannoel [MomsRising.org]
    Charmaine Lang
    • May 28, 2020

    Mamahood & Community Healing: A Q&A with Ruth Jeannoel [MomsRising.org]

    We need all forms of care to help create thriving communities. Much of what I learned about care came from Black mamas who modeled what...
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    The Pleasure Gospel of Jill Scott and Erykah Badu [Medium]
    Charmaine Lang
    • May 27, 2020

    The Pleasure Gospel of Jill Scott and Erykah Badu [Medium]

    If 2020 came to wreck shit, then music was created to save us. Which is why I am still swooning over Jill Scott’s and Erykah Badu’s love...
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    A Self-Care Ritual [Medium]
    Charmaine Lang
    • May 7, 2020

    A Self-Care Ritual [Medium]

    For many Americans, the mandate to shelter in place will end soon. But the anxiety from COVID-19 may linger in the air longer than the...
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    Everyone Loves Someone Who Had an Abortion: The Ms. Q&A with Eveline Shen and Yamani Hernandez [Ms.]
    Charmaine Lang
    • Jan 27, 2020

    Everyone Loves Someone Who Had an Abortion: The Ms. Q&A with Eveline Shen and Yamani Hernandez [Ms.]

    The new abortion messages the groups are hoping to push into the mainstream is centered on compassion and love—a radical shift away from...
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    Black Friday: A Special Rite of Passage With My Black Family [The Root]
    Charmaine Lang
    • Nov 29, 2019

    Black Friday: A Special Rite of Passage With My Black Family [The Root]

    I always look forward to shopping on Black Friday. Although the day after Thanksgiving is often reduced to “capitalist consumption for...
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    We Dream a World: Black & Queer in Milwaukee [The Root]
    Charmaine Lang
    • Jun 27, 2019

    We Dream a World: Black & Queer in Milwaukee [The Root]

    How do we access joy, I wondered, if we aren’t consistently dreaming about it and making portals for its existence in our lives? I was...
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    Black Youth, Single Mothers Are Not Responsible for Systemic Failings [Rewire.News]
    Charmaine Lang
    • Aug 17, 2016

    Black Youth, Single Mothers Are Not Responsible for Systemic Failings [Rewire.News]

    Milwaukee has multiple problems: poverty, a school system that throws out Black children at high rates, and lack of investment in all...
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    Auntie Conversations: Black Women Talk Sex, Self-Care, and Illness [Rewire.News]
    Charmaine Lang
    • Jun 12, 2016

    Auntie Conversations: Black Women Talk Sex, Self-Care, and Illness [Rewire.News]

    These auntie conversations were just as much about me as they were about my aunts and mama. I really want to know what to expect, what to...
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    ‘Overworked and Underpaid’: On Organizing, Black Womanhood, and Self-Care [Rewire.News]
    Charmaine Lang
    • Apr 15, 2016

    ‘Overworked and Underpaid’: On Organizing, Black Womanhood, and Self-Care [Rewire.News]

    Accolades and honors do little when a culture of martyrdom—the discouragement to prioritize one’s own emotional and mental health—reigns...
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